Amanda Recently Graduated from College,and She Has a Job Offer

question 174

Multiple Choice

Amanda recently graduated from college,and she has a job offer with uncertain income: there is a 70% probability that she will make $10,000 and a 30% probability that she will make $70,000.The expected value of Amanda's income is:

• A)$40,000.
• B)$21,000.
• C)$28,000.
• D)$10,000.

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Definitions:

Prokaryotic Translation

The process by which mRNA is decoded by a ribosome to produce a specific protein in prokaryotes, organisms without a nucleus.

Initiation Complex

A complex of proteins and RNA that forms on mRNA to begin the process of translating RNA into a polypeptide chain in the cell.

Nonsense Mutation

A base-pair substitution mutation that results in an amino acid–specifying codon being changed to a termination (stop) codon; when the abnormal mRNA is translated, the resulting protein is usually shortened and nonfunctional. Compare with missense mutation.

Codon

A sequence of three nucleotides that together form a unit of genetic code in a DNA or RNA molecule, representing a specific amino acid.